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Stanley Holloway

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Actor 1890–1982 On stage 1954–1956

Stanley Augustus Holloway (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) was an English actor, comedian, singer and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady. He was also renowned for his comic monologues and songs, which he performed and recorded throughout most of his 70-year career. Born in Essex, Holloway pursued a career as a clerk in his teen years. He made early stage appearances before infantry service in the First World War, after which he had his first major theatre success starring in Kissing Time when the musical transferred to the West End from Broadway. In 1921, he joined a concert party, The Co-O…

On stage 2 productions, 2 years

1954 A Midsummer Night's Dream Metropolitan Opera House · Revival · directed by Michael Benthall 29 perf.
1956 My Fair Lady Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Moss Hart 2,717 perf.

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In the literature8 passages

  • Original cast (1956) : Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway, Robert Coote, Franz Allers (conductor). Columbia OL 5090 (M); reissued on Columbia Special Products AOL 5090 (M) and E/Philip RBL 1000 (M). Missing: “The Embassy Waltz.”ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Film cast (1964) : Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn (sung by Marni Nixon), Stanley Holloway, André Previn (conductor). Columbia KOL 8000; reissued on Columbia JS 2600. Missing: “The Embassy Waltz.”ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • FILM (Warner Bros. 1964) : Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel. Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner. Produced by Jack L. Warner. Directed by George Cukor. Choreography by Hermes Pan. [170 minutes]ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Act One: “Street Entertainers” (Imelda De Martin, Carl Jeffrey, Joe Rocco); “Why Can’t the English?” (Rex Harrison); “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” (Julie Andrews, Reid Shelton, Glenn Kezer, James Morris, Herb Surface); “With a Little Bit of Luck” (Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan); “I’m an Ordinary Man” (Rex Harrison); “With a…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • There have been a number of film versions of The Beggar’s Opera and The Threepenny Opera . The former was filmed in 1953 with Laurence Olivier, Stanley Holloway, Dorothy Tutin, and Hugh Griffith; and the latter has been adapted as The 3 Penny Opera (1931; Lotte Lenya and Rudolph Forster); The Threepenny Opera (1964; Hildegarde Neff, Curt…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway, Cathleen Nesbitt, Robert Coote, John Michael King, Christopher Hewett, Reid Sheltonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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